André's book, James' screenplay, and Luca's film

Abe 2022-03-23 09:01:38

1. After watching the movie cmbyn, the owner of the inscription has made persistent efforts to read the original novel, the script he created at the beginning with James, some interview videos, and some news reports about the main creator. This article is considered an original writing, and some of the content is also from bricks or his own. translated.

2. The background author André said that he wrote this book because he didn't go to Italy for a summer vacation one summer, and he wrote Call Me by Your Name in a fit of anger. In the scene he conceived, there is lush of fruits, wind passes through, scene all over the place.

André talked about his creative ideas when he wrote the book in an interview

When he learned that the story written by the sea had moved to the north of Lombardy, he was a little unhappy, but after watching the finished film at the Berlin Film Festival, he said that he was stunned by surprise. It can be seen that James' adaptation, Luca The shooting was very successful. He said that what words can't describe is a static scene, all he does is chisel a statue down to its finest. What the director did was to make the statue move.

André Aciman

James Ivory

Luca Guadagnino

This film took ten years from planning to shooting. Brother Hammer made a decision in about 2010 (if it had been filmed at that time, it would not be a bit old as it is now), and Sweet Tea probably contacted the crew from 2013 (loosely contact). . At first Luca just helped run errands to find scenes, but later became a director. Luca's I am Love is already a work that stunned many people. He respects James very much. At first, he humbly said that he was only willing to be a co-director. Later, due to various problems with the crew (the funding was cut from 12 million to 3 million), James also said If two people are directors, the right to speak is not easy to arrange, so they withdraw voluntarily. At this point, Luca felt that completing the film (for too long) had become a duty, so he became the director, but in order to continue to show respect for James, let James become the only author of the script (full credit), it can be seen that Luca is still a very sensible child's paper. The film was finally filmed together, and the photographer was from Thailand. Tiancha said that sometimes the uncle would be moved to the corner and cry after filming. When Tiancha was on the Fei Lun show, Fei Lun said that he had fallen into the hands of the title when he saw the title. Tiancha was very happy that Fei Lun gave credit to Ms. Chen Li, the author of the subtitles, and said that the director saw it in a window when he was hanging out in Milan. After reading James's script, the landlord found that there are still some changes in Luca. The comparison itself is also very interesting. Combined with the original work, I will discuss it here. 3. Book vs. Script vs. Many bean friends have written about the difference between books and movies. Both the author and director said that this is not a gay movie, but a happy romance. Apart from the details, the biggest difference is that the third chapter of the book, The San Clemente Syndrome, and the fourth chapter, Ghost Spots, are not reproduced in the movie. The third chapter of the two people's trip to Rome is a very important chapter for the author. It was not made into a movie because: 1. Poor, 2. Insufficient funding (still poor), 3. Chapter 3 contains many Proustian things. It is difficult to reproduce the description of the party in the bookstore on the screen. So it was adapted into a trip to the small town of Bergamo, but the adaptation is still very warm and beautiful. Some bean friends said that the waterfall was the water that the crew paid thousands of dollars to invite people to release (poof ( ̄▽ ̄)”). The fourth chapter talks about the several brief encounters between the two in the next 20 years. The rain is over, and most of the things that follow are not explained. At the end of January, Luca expressed his intention to make a sequel, and the content may focus on the main theme of society (orz). 4. DETAILS This movie has amazing details from start to finish, many of which are only apparent after a few brushes. The basis for most of the details comes from the book itself (kudos to the author). There are also some additions and revisions from the first draft of the script (James) and the final draft (Luca). (1) In the original work, it was later explained that Elio had not come to Oliver's house for the last year, but when he submitted the application form, he was already moved by looking at his photo, and he personally prompted his father to choose Oliver for this issue. Visit students. This background is not explained in the movie, but Elio deliberately exaggerated when Oliver came to show that he was occupied in the room as if he was angry, and later saw him smiling when he was asleep, and at a loss when he was questioned, in fact. It all came from his excitement for the long-awaited arrival of Oliver. At this time, Elio was happy and shy, and he couldn't hold back and jumped out of the screen. Kudos to James for adding the Wake Up with a Book episode. (2) Only after reading the book did I realize that Oliver was going to open an account in the town because he likes to play poker (small gambling?). (3) The discussion on the origin of the word "apricot" in the book is just that Oliver corrected the professor's statement. In the movie, it becomes the professor's routine assessment for visiting students every year. Elio and his mother looked at each other many times, as if to say, "Here again, he is here again this year," with a very interesting look. (4) The piano section is an example of high-level flirting (tuning the piano? Flirting too! I can't tune it without Elio's ability). The original is written deeply and movingly, and the film adaptation is still very successful. And some small details added by Sweet Tea, such as deliberately exaggerating the frame, angrily expressing Bosoni's playing style, and then gently expressing Bach, as written in the original: I knew exactly what phrase in the piece must have stirred him the first time, and each time I played it, I was sending it to him as a little gift, because it was really dedicated to him, From the very beginning I knew very well which movement in the piece moved him. Every time I play this passage, it's a little gift I give him, it's for him, it's like a symbol of the beauty in my heart, let me extend it into a colorful movement . Just for you. (5) I always feel that one of the regrets in the film is that no one made Oliver feel that Elio liked Elio in the first place. There's quite a bit of Oliver's depiction of Elio's gaze in the book, almost none in the movie. Maybe it's mainly from Elio's point of view, and it's not convenient for Oliver to have a close-up shot. However, in the volleyball shoulder pinching scene, Brother Hammer was a bit tedious. In the book and James' original manuscript, the piano flirting happened before the shoulder pinching. In fact, this is more reasonable. Elio's piano talent and taste are greatly appreciated. It catalyzed Oliver's favorable impression of him. Otherwise, it would be too strange for someone to pinch you like this all of a sudden. (6) There is a scene in the film where Oliver is swimming in the pool and Elio is reading the music. The mother does not appear in the original text. James' adaptation added the mother picking fruit, and then Oliver and Elio joined in picking fruit together. In Luca's movie, when Oliver swims with his back to Elio, Elio stares in love, and as soon as Oliver turns around, he immediately turns his head to pretend to read the score. When Oliver asked him what he was doing, the cute little sweet tea burst into a smug laugh, and the next second, he held back his laughter and pretended to be calm and said private. In the end, Luca also adapted it as when Oliver deliberately angered Elio to court his mother, Elio immediately jumped out of the pool and angrily pushed Oliver away from his mother. (7) There is a scene in the movie where Anchise catches a fish and wraps it in a cloth. Elio is kissing the fish, thinking that it is just Xiaotiancha who is cute. It turns out that the book actually contains a deeper metaphor. One day Oliver returned from the sea late, and Elio was so worried that he thought about it later, thinking that if he didn't get Oliver's love, it would be better for Oliver to die. He hallucinated that when Oliver's body rushed to the shore, he was going to cut off his heart and wrap it in his shirt, like Anchise's fish -- "because that heart and his shirt were all I'd ever have to show for my

Blue shirt, blue lake, blue beautiful boy statue (what is Venus?)

(9) The conversation about German fairy tales by the pool before confession. James' adaptation is much the same as the original, with Luca adding a close-up of Oliver. Uncle Thailand's camera is blurred on Oliver and Elio's faces, suggesting that to speak or to die is not just for Elio, but for both of them, a problem they are both thinking about and struggling with. Praise Luca, after doing this, Oliver didn't show surprises about Elio's later confession, and it seemed more reasonable. (10) Brother Hammer jumped off the bicycle before the two first kissed (difficulty factor 9.0). The book described Oliver's riding skills elsewhere in the book: only to come a sudden, bold, determined stop, with something of a declarative voilà in the way he jumped off. He jumped out of the car suddenly, bravely and decisively, as if to report "Yes!". (11) Elio's attraction to Oliver for the first time in the movie has a close-up of Oliver's Star of David necklace. Oliver wears the Star of David in the book, not only expressing his confidence in his Jewish identity, but also allowing Elio to feel a connection between the two being Jewish. But it was the gold necklace and the Star of David with a golden mezuzah on his neck that told me here was something more compelling than anything I wanted from him, for it bound us and reminded me that, while everything else conspired to make us the two most dissimilar beings, this at least transcended all differences. The necklace around his neck with the Star of David and the golden doorframe scripture box tells me that there is something stronger than any of my desires: it connects us and reminds me that even if other things make us totally different People, common beliefs can transcend all these differences. Compared with the confident Olive, Elio's family is relatively low-key (Jews of discretion) about their Jewish identity. Perhaps because of being in a Christian country, Elio also mocked his mother as a "funny witch" (I don't know why) . Elio also wears the Star of David after his confession, because it not only gives him a sense of connection with Olive's common attributes, but also expresses a point in Oliver's character that convinced Elio from the very beginning: self-confidence. (12) The husband and wife in the movie are the novelist and the producer. Elio called them Thomson and Thompson from The Adventures of Tintin in the book, Laurel and Hardy (early American comedy stars) in James' adaptation, and finally Luca changed them to Sonny and Cher in the movie (Cher is the famous Aunt Cher) . Elio swipes up every time he sees them, swiping to mimic Sonny and Cher's dance moves. Cher (Cher is the famous Aunt Cher). Elio swipes up every time he sees them, swiping to mimic Sonny and Cher's dance moves. Cher (Cher is the famous Aunt Cher). Elio swipes up every time he sees them, swiping to mimic Sonny and Cher's dance moves.

Thomson and Thompson

Laurel and Hardy

Sonny and Cher

(13) At the family breakfast after the first night of the two, Elio kissed his parents affectionately, wearing sunglasses to avoid Oliver's gaze. This part is not in the original work and James's original manuscript. It is probably added by Luca, and it expresses the little boy's small temper at once: D In the next second in the movie, Elio regretted his getting up and rushed to the town to find Oliver. Now, the book actually wrote why he suddenly woke up and shouldn't lose his temper. It's a pity that the movie couldn't express it. In the book, Elio discovers that Oliver was wearing Elio's pants when he went to town, which moved Elio, who had never met anyone else in his own clothes, to feel that the two were physically and materially one (and later The feeling of eating peaches is also in the same line). In the movie, Oliver said that he didn't want to do something that they would regret, and Elio replied that no one would know, and there would be no trouble. When I didn’t read the book, I thought it was Elio who was willing to keep a secret, but after reading the book, I realized that it was actually when Elio heard Oliver’s sincere words, he made the problem of being insincere when he was excited, and deliberately pretended to be stupid (avoiding Oliver’s confession, bullshit. Others do not say). And when the two finally got back together, Elio said in Oliver's ear: Fxxx me, Elio (called Oliver's own name). (14) In the film, the two exchanged heartfelt feelings with each other on the balcony and released their previous suspicions. There is an important plot in the book, which is the first time Elio felt that he kissed Olive not because of desire, but because of feeling. Guess I think Luca's handling is subtle and sincere, consistent with the original. You must know that the original plan of Uncle James added a more inexplicable plot: Elio's parents heard their conversation and felt very tender and interesting, and the two made out on their own... (excuse me?!) (15) The original book and James In the adaptation of , Elio later took the initiative to replace Mafalda to peel the eggs for Olive every day. This is also an important clue to the intimacy of the two people caught by the father. Luca saved the situation. (16) In the novel, when Elio and Oliver fell in love later, every time Elio kissed him, he couldn't help hooking his feet up. In the movie, our little sweet tea did it on the first day of confession, Later, the whole person also wanted to hang up and hung it up. It can be said: I am a sloth, who am I afraid of ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ

(17) Oliver's look back in front of the waterfall is actually very artistic. This look is like he can't believe the beautiful confusion at the moment, but also like the melancholy before parting. It didn't appear in James's adaptation, it should have been added by Luca himself.

A very meaningful look

(18) The song "Love my way" was also added to James' script. A few days ago, the crew returned to Crema, and Tiancha and Hammer danced with fans on the street for 20 minutes (happy fans). The lyrics of this song are actually very suitable for the situation of the two of them. Love my way, it's a new road I follow where my mind goes, they'd put us on a railroad On a track They'd dearly make us pay for laughing in their faces and making it our way s dust in all their hearts They just want to steal us all and take us all apart Implicitly encourages Elio to face his love bravely. Brother Hammer said that there was actually no music on the scene during the filming of this scene, and the actors were just dancing. The second time in the town of Bergamo, the last trip, when Olive heard this song, he left Elio and jumped up with another strange woman. Elio vomited after watching it for a while (was it upset to see that Oliver could get along with women so casually?). In the original work and the original script, after Elio vomited, Oliver started kissing Elio on the premise that there was no one around. In Luca's movie, it seems that there is no such concern. As soon as Xiaotiancha raised her head and asked for a kiss, Oliver greeted him. I feel that this is a good way to handle it. Otherwise, the effect of "look around for anyone first" seems to make Oliver appear slightly ws. . (19) In the original book, Elio took the train home by himself, and Anchise picked him up at the station. James' script was changed so that Elio forbeared not to cry in front of Oliver, but when the train left, he broke down, and the little tadpole immediately looked for his mother. The owner thinks this adaptation is really great. Seeing Xiao Tiancha holding the microphone and talking tremblingly, my heart is broken, okay? T___T There is a scene in the book where Elio comes home and just wants to lie on the bed that smells of Oliver, hug his shirt and miss him, but find that Elio comes home. The sheets were changed by the industrious Mafalda, who was sad and angry. There are also reservations in James's original work, but the movie only writes that Little E enters the room, and it stops abruptly. 5. Actor Tiancha's performance is simply beyond reproach. He showed Elio's recklessness, his uncontrollable desire for emotion, happiness, sincerity, and pain, layer by layer. Can't imagine anyone who would be more suitable for this role than Sweet Tea: grew up in a bilingual environment of English + French, played the piano since childhood, was well-educated, and was born a little angel. Actor Sweet Tea's performance is simply beyond reproach. He showed Elio's recklessness, his uncontrollable desire for emotion, happiness, sincerity, and pain, layer by layer. Can't imagine anyone who would be more suitable for this role than Sweet Tea: grew up in a bilingual environment of English + French, played the piano since childhood, was well-educated, and was born a little angel. Actor Sweet Tea's performance is simply beyond reproach. He showed Elio's recklessness, his uncontrollable desire for emotion, happiness, sincerity, and pain, layer by layer. Can't imagine anyone who would be more suitable for this role than Sweet Tea: grew up in a bilingual environment of English + French, played the piano since childhood, was well-educated, and was born a little angel.

little angel deity

Ellen told him on her Ellen show, you make men and women find you very sexy. Looking at Tiancha's early works, you can also find some shadows of Elio's troubled teenagers, who are young but not sexy. Looking at the many interviews he has been accepting and participating in awards, I think he is a well-informed and well-trained actor. However, between the brows, the outline is tougher, and there is no trace of Elio's imperceptible softness. I feel that he is the most beautiful, and will be left in the cmbyn by the lens of Luca and the Thai uncle when he is a teenager and immature, and it will become eternity. I always felt that Brother Hammer was not very involved in the play at first, and the classic "Later" in the book was also unnatural. Later, when the plot developed to the point where the two were together, they gradually got better. For example, in the peach scene, they were both domineering and warm. However, it is not surprising that there is no nomination, and the overall performance is still mediocre. When I come out to interview, I always say a few repeated (uninteresting) memes. 1. When I first arrived on the set, I felt that the shorts were too short, "what is the rest of it". Later, when I put on my shorts, I thought it was too long. "Too much fabric." Well, I know your legs are 1.8 meters long -_-||| 2. The first rehearsal with Tiancha was the first time they kissed, and they were quite engaged in the performance. After kissing for too long, they looked up and found that Luca was gone. Brother Hammer takes his wife with him for filming and publicity, and he posts pictures all day long to show his affection, as if he is afraid that others will suspect that he is gay -_-||| I often ask the two of you during interviews: How did you manage such a strong chemistry in your acting? of. Sweet Tea Club pointed to Brother Hammer's poster and said: This is the sexiest man in the world selected in 2017. Brother Hammer is concise: because the naked bodies are lying together.

My father is also a familiar face of American TV series + American films, and often plays traditional Jewish roles. Because the image of Jewish profiteers created in "Atlantic Empire" is too deep, I was a little afraid of being a substitute when I first discovered it. Later, I found out that the performance was very good, and played a lively, kind and empathetic father in a natural and sincere way. The mother is a beautiful beauty, and it makes people feel that the years are on her, not taking away the beauty, but adding more charm. Fat is so fat! Let me show you pictures of my mother when she was young.

James' adaptation and Luca's film both show a preference for Marzia. Make her appear more sensible and tolerant and selfless in front of Elio. Luca even said that if there is a sequel, Marzia and Elio may continue to develop (orz), I think the director is still good or not. 6. Music The music in this film can be divided into three categories: piano music, Italian pop songs in the 1980s and Shufujia songs. The author said that when he first learned that the director chose Shu Fujia to write the theme song, he was skeptical, and felt that a pop singer would not match the mood of the film. Unexpectedly, after watching the movie, Shu Fujia's songs lingered in his ears for several days, which shows that he is still very satisfied. I remember when Mystery of Love first sounded, it was on the way for the two to leave the town for a trip. The mountain road was rugged and the greenery was rippling. It seemed that the two were extremely excited and happy, but also implied the sadness and helplessness on the eve of parting. In addition to the piano flirting Bach BWV 992, other pieces include: "Hallelujah Junction – 1st Movement", written and performed by American musician John Adams, opening credits, and later on when Elio watches Oliver walk through the garden on the balcony music. "Phrygian Gates", another John Adams song, played when salvaging beautiful boys from the lake. "MAY in the Backyard", "Germination", Sakamoto Ryuichi's imitation of classical works, reflecting the beauty of the countryside. The former is played as Elio gapes as he watches Oliver say "Later" as he bikes away and later Elio shaves his beard. The latter was when Elio couldn't resist passing a note to Oliver. "Sonatine bureaucratique" , a work by the French composer Satie, a piece played by Elio when his relatives came home, a very cheerful and bright piano arrangement. Later, the camera showed some of Oliver's swimming trunks. The book says that different colors of pants represent Oliver's different characters. Red: bad temper; yellow: don't take it lightly, it can turn red at any moment. Green: cheerful and talkative, good mood. Blue: Oliver's color when he is ambiguous with Elio (but also makes him nervous and confused). Elio wants to be green every day. "Zion hört die Wächter singen", another Bach piece, was put by Elio when he struggled with Oliver's book on whether he liked him. "Le Jardin féerique", Ravel's piano piece, the background music of the mother's story and the father's speech. "Une barque sur l'océan", Ravel's piano piece, the film also used this background music. The two of them rode through the countryside with four 1.8-meter-long legs~ It was also the background music for Elio's confession. "Is there anything you don't know?", "If only you knew how little I know about the things that matter." "J' In short, James's first adaptation has basically made the story come alive like a status. Luca's adaptation continues to do subtraction and is more concise, and the handling of some scenes is more profound. Several scenes are memorable. Refresh with new discoveries. As in his style: instead of letting the lines speak, it's better to use imagery in silent scenes. If you like movies, it is still recommended to read the novels, and watch the original version (I have gnawed it down so badly in English). The language is incredibly beautiful. 8. Postscript of the postscript The 2018 Oscars are over, cmbyn named 4 finalists and James Ivory won the best adapted screenplay, and finally won the award after four Oscar nominations, but the first three were named best director. After the title, someone asked him how he felt about being titled. He said of course he was happy. If he won the award, he would be as happy as Tiancha (if he won the best actor). The shirt in James' evening dress at the ceremony is a still of Sweet Tea, painted on the shirt by a British painter. It can be seen that James affirms the movie and sweet tea. He said that the shirt will be given to sweet tea in the future. In short, James's first adaptation has basically made the story come alive like a status. Luca's adaptation continues to do subtraction and is more concise, and the handling of some scenes is more profound. Several scenes are memorable. Refresh with new discoveries. As in his style: instead of letting the lines speak, it's better to use imagery in silent scenes. If you like movies, it is still recommended to read the novels, and watch the original version (I have gnawed it down so badly in English). The language is incredibly beautiful. 8. Postscript of the postscript The 2018 Oscars are over, cmbyn named 4 finalists and James Ivory won the best adapted screenplay, and finally won the award after four Oscar nominations, but the first three were named best director. After the title, someone asked him how he felt about being titled. He said of course he was happy. If he won the award, he would be as happy as Tiancha (if he won the best actor). The shirt in James' evening dress at the ceremony is a still of Sweet Tea, painted on the shirt by a British painter. It can be seen that James affirms the movie and sweet tea. He said that the shirt will be given to sweet tea in the future.

Andrew Mania's hand-painted shirt

In his acceptance speech, James thanked the original author André, Luca of "sensitive and sensible", the producers and actors in order, and then thanked Merchant and Ivory Pictures, the late partners Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Ismail Merchant , and producer Sony. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to being partners of the film company, Ismail and James are also partners in life. The two met in New York in 1959 because of an Indian-themed short film shot by James and fell in love at first sight, and then co-founded Merchant and Ivory in 1961, filming "A Room with a View", "Howard Manor", and "Farewell to Love". , "Morris" and many other masterpieces. The two met for 45 years until Ismail died in 2005.

Ismail, Ruth, James

In previous interviews, James talked about his motivation for creating the film. “The whole idea of ​​first love — it's a universal situation, whether it made us unhappy or joyous,” he said. “It was a rejuvenating experience somehow.” The meaning of first love is its universality, whether it makes us sad or happy , it always lifts our hearts. I've always wondered if there were Elio and Oliver who inspired André in real life, but for James, isn't the story of himself and Ismail a good interpretation? James had this to say about his life partner: "He was my life's partner. From the beginning right on down to his final day. I lived openly with him for forty-five years, in New York and wherever else we were" —Manhattan, London, Paris. “That says what it says.” T_T Finally, I will post some photos that the landlord took when he traveled to Yidali before~ I miss summer~

Lake Como, Lombardy Region

Lake Como, Lombardy Region

seaside boy

The author said that the place where Elio confessed in his heart should be a square overlooking the sea from a high place

Rome

The Borghese estate where Oliver and Elio visited Rome

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Extended Reading
  • Kiarra 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    Without the hesitation of identity, without the pressure of social and family, this film finally jumped out of the usual theme of traditional LGBT films. The young love and the young man's fiery charm are completely captured by the images, and at the same time, the overall atmosphere of laziness and beauty is successfully created. It goes without saying that Chalamet's acting skills are beyond his age, and Stubar's last scene is completely enough for the best male supporting role.

  • Onie 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    This film can surpass "Brokeback Mountain" is really the biggest joke of 2017

Call Me by Your Name quotes

  • Oliver: The Cosmic Fragments by Heraclitus: The meaning of the river flowing is not that all things are changing so that we cannot encounter them twice, but that some things stay the same only by changing.

  • Annella Perlman: [Reading from The Heptaméron] A handsome young knight is madly in love with a princess, and she too is in love with him, though she seems not to be entirely aware of it. Despite the friendship that blossoms between them, or perhaps because of that very friendship, the young knight finds himself so humbled and speechless that he is totally unable to bring up the subject of his love. Until one day he asks the princess point-blank: Is it better to speak or to die?

    Elio: I'll never have the courage to ask a question like that.

    Mr. Perlman: I doubt that. Hey, Elly-Belly. You do know that you can always talk to us?